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Comparison

firecrawl vs Scalar

No clear leader: firecrawl (63.5) and Scalar (61.7) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

firecrawl full profile →Scalar full profile →
Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
firecrawl64
Scalar62
Score
Vioscale score
firecrawl64 / 100medium · 69%
Scalar62 / 100high · 76%
Pricing
Free tier
firecrawl✓
Scalar✓
Model
firecrawlfreemium
Scalarcommercial
Price level
firecrawllow
Scalarfree
Transparent
firecrawl✓
Scalar✓
Integrations
Count
firecrawl6
Scalar1
Security
Disclosure policy
firecrawl–
Scalar✓
Gdpr
firecrawl–
Scalar✓
Soc2
firecrawl✓
Scalar✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
firecrawl–
Scalar✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
firecrawl0
Scalar1
Github stars
firecrawl172,732
Scalar15,999
Package downloads weekly
firecrawl–
Scalar824,329
Activity
Commits last 30d
firecrawl100
Scalar100
Release
Cadence days
firecrawl15
Scalar3
History
firecrawl20 items
Scalar20 items
License
Spdx
firecrawlAGPL-3.0
ScalarMIT
Language
Primary
firecrawlTypeScript
ScalarTypeScript
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
firecrawl8 items
Scalar–

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for api development tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
REST client
firecrawl✓
Scalar✓
GraphQL support
firecrawl-
Scalar-
gRPC support
firecrawl-
Scalar-
Design
Mock servers
firecrawl-
Scalar-
Testing
Automated / contract testing
firecrawl✓
Scalar-
Collaboration
Team collaboration & sharing
firecrawl✓
Scalar-
Docs
Doc generation
firecrawl✓
Scalar✓
Standards
OpenAPI / spec import
firecrawl-
Scalar✓
Ops
CI integration / CLI
firecrawl✓
Scalar-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

firecrawl

Firecrawl extracts clean, structured web content in various formats, automatically handles JavaScript rendering and dynamic page structures, and supports use cases from research and data extraction to competitive intelligence and content monitoring.

Independently observed

Scalar

An open-source platform for building API documentation sites that includes automatically generated SDKs, a browser-based API client, and API registry capabilities. Supports OpenAPI and AsyncAPI specifications.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

firecrawl

from $445/moSubscriptionFree tier

Free tier with 1,000 credits/month. Paid plans from Hobby to Enterprise with annual billing. Credits consumed per request: Scrape/Crawl/Map/Monitor = 1 credit/page; Search = 2 credits/10 results; Interact = 2 credits/browser minute.

  • FreeFree
    • Scrape 1,000 pages
    • 2 concurrent requests
    • Low rate limits
  • Hobby5,000 credits/month, billed annually (saves £28)
    • Scrape 5,000 pages
    • 5 concurrent requests
    • Basic support
  • Standard100,000 credits/month, billed annually (saves £147)
    • Scrape 100,000 pages
    • 50 concurrent requests
    • Standard support
  • Growth500,000 credits/month, billed annually (saves £593)
    • Scrape 500,000 pages
    • 100 concurrent requests
    • Priority support
  • Scale£445/month, billed annually (saves £1,337)
    • Scrape 1,000,000 pages
    • 150 concurrent requests
    • Priority support
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Scrape unlimited pages
    • Custom concurrent requests
    • Dedicated support & SLA
    • Bulk discounts
    • Zero-data retention
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

Scalar

from $72/moSubscriptionFree tier

From $72/month. Free tier. SDK languages available: TypeScript, Python, C#, Java, PHP, Go, Ruby (+$100 each for Pro/Enterprise).

  • FreeFree
    • Hosted OpenAPI docs
    • Built-in API client
    • Themes
    • Unlimited viewer seats
    • 1 editor seat
  • Pro$72/month
    • Custom domains and subdomains
    • Git Sync, Markdown, and MDX support
    • API References from OpenAPI/AsyncAPI
    • Custom HTML/CSS/JS
    • Email domain access control
    • +10 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Full developer portals
    • SSO/SAML
    • Role-based access control (RBAC)
    • Priority support and SLAs
    • SDK and MCP migration services
    • +2 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
firecrawl✓
Scalar✓
CLI
firecrawl✓
Scalar✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
firecrawl✓
Scalar✓
Self-hosted
firecrawl✓
Scalar✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

firecrawl

7 total
  • MCP
  • Claude
  • Cursor
  • Windsurf
  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • OpenCode
Independently observed

Scalar

1 total
  • Agent
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.